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As an adjective hind

is located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

As a noun hind

is a female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old or hind can be (archaic) a servant, especially an agricultural labourer.

As a verb prevent is

to stop; to keep (from happening).

hind

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

Adjective

  • Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
  • * 1918 , Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
    • When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
    Derived terms
    * hind leg

    Etymology 2

    (Epinephelus) (etyl) (m), from (etyl), from a formation on (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
  • *, III.1.3:
    • Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to preserve her brood will run upon a lion, an hind will fight with a bull, a sow with a bear, a silly sheep with a fox.
  • A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus .
    • Synonyms
    * (female deer) doe

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) , in the phrase h?na fæder'' ‘paterfamilias’. The ''-d'' is a later addition (compare ''sound ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
  • *, I.51:
  • *:Attilius Regulus .
  • * 1827 , Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale , page 41:
    • The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds .
  • * 1931 , Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth :
    • that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind , who am your son as well as he!
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    prevent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To stop; to keep (from happening).
    • I brushed my teeth to prevent them from going yellow.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Scotland must now hope Georgia produce a huge upset and beat Argentina by at least eight points in Sunday's final Pool B match to prevent them failing to make the last eight for the first time in World Cup history.}}
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • ‘I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it while I'm here to prevent !’
  • (obsolete) To come before; to precede.
  • * Bible, 1 Thess. iv. 15
    • We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
  • * Book of Common Prayer
    • We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us.
  • * Prior
    • Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen.
  • (obsolete) To outdo, surpass.
  • * 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.i:
    • With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.
  • (obsolete) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • their ready guilt preventing thy commands

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * preventative * prevention * preventive